They poured into the streets and surrounded the parliament. The Lebanese president offers ministerial portfolios to protesters

Lebanese President Michel Aoun expressed his readiness on Tuesday to form a government that includes representatives of the popular movement for more than a month, which calls for the departure of the ruling political elite and the fight against corruption and improve services, while thousands of protesters and blocked roads leading to the parliament, which led to the postponement of the session was scheduled Today.

During a meeting with the UN Special Coordinator in Lebanon, Aoun said that "the new government will be political and includes specialists and representatives of the popular movement."

In tweets on his Twitter account, the Lebanese president said he was "always ready to meet with the representatives of the movement and to inform them of my efforts to fulfill their demands."

He added that he will set a date for parliamentary consultations binding upon the conclusion of consultations with "political leaders concerned with the formation of the government."

He explained that "the goal of not setting the date of parliamentary consultations (until now) is to remove obstacles to the formation of the government and facilitate the task" of its president.

Demonstrators in their movement, which began against the background of living demands the demand of the departure of the political class without exception, and the formation of a government specialists only to reform the economic situation.

The demonstrators are proud that their movement is spontaneous, inclusive and trans-sectarian, and refuse to have leaders to talk with the current authority, which Aoun had strongly criticized in previous statements.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri submitted his resignation late last month under pressure from the street, but Aoun has not yet begun binding parliamentary consultations to name a new prime minister, angering protesters who consider the authorities are not taking their demands seriously.

A new achievement
On the other hand, thousands of Lebanese took to the streets again on Tuesday, and blocked roads leading to the House of Representatives in protest at a legislative session put on its agenda "controversial laws."

Parliament was forced to postpone its lack of a quorum, in a development that the demonstrators saw as a "new achievement" for their movement.

The security forces took extraordinary measures at the entrances to the perimeter of the parliament to prevent the entry of demonstrators, so that the area turned into a barracks.

The parliamentary office said it was decided to postpone the legislative session because of the lack of quorum, and the island's correspondent told parliament Johnny Tanios it is the second time that the legislative session postponed, after postponed last week.

The reporter added that the reason for the absence of a quorum is the closure of roads leading to the seat of parliament because of the protests, in addition to boycotting major parliamentary blocs for today's meeting.

Parliament was scheduled to devote the first part of the session to the election of members of parliamentary committees, followed by a legislative session to discuss and approve a number of new bills and proposals, including a general amnesty law that could lead to the release of a few thousand prisoners.